When it might be early to declare Luka Doncic this year’s Rookie of the Year, the guide he has built is remarkable given the potency of the freshman class.
The 20-year-old is already keeping company. If the campaign closed today, he would join Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson since the two rookies to average 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists. He blown optimistic projections about his skills from the water. The Dallas Mavericks did not stop at the same unicorn. They rolled the dice on a second ahead of the deadline, landing 7’3″ shot-blocker and three-point sniper Kristaps Porzingis. Sure, he is coming off an ACL tear and won’t play with this year, before going down, but he had been doing things.
Porzingis and pairing Doncic together gives Dallas its long-awaited blueprint for the Nowitzki age, and the ceiling is high enough to turn that plan to a title.
“Dallas currently has two gamers under the age of 25 who are the top two players on a championship team,” The Ringer’s Jonathan Tjarks wrote. “Just about every team in the league could kill for that chance.”
The Mavs also generated significant spending cash for this summer, and also a lucky bounce of a few balls could retain their pick . While factoring in the dangers together with Porzingis, who can become a free agent this offseason, Dallas’ future seems blindingly bright.

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